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lørdag 7. april 2018

Both Venezuela and the US are Preparing for an Impending Conflict

As if Trump’s threats of military action were not enough, the
appointments of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo have sent Venezeuala
scrambling to prepare its military for an American invasion.

Countries that don’t eagerly follow the U.S.-led global order make prime targets for American-led invasions, particularly when those countries challenge the status of the U.S. dollar.Right now, Venezuela is one of these countries. Venezuela sits on the world’s largest oil reserves, and in order to free itself from
what it calls the “tyranny of the U.S. dollar” in maximizing its
potential on these oil reserves, the country began publishing its oil
and fuel in Chinese yuan in September of last year. It recently added
further insult to injury and launched the world’s first state-backed
cryptocurrency, known as the petro. According to TIME, however, the petro is “in
fact a collaboration – a half hidden joint venture between Venezuelan
and Russian officials and businessmen, whose aim was to erode the power
of U.S. sanctions.”

This development was enough to provoke the Trump administration into signing an executive order designating
anyone who buys or uses the cryptocurrency as in breach of economic
sanctions the U.S. slapped on Venezuela in August of last year.

Altogether, Trump has already imposed more than 20 individual and
economic sanctions on Venezuela. For those who believe America’s
infatuation with the country is about human rights concerns and that it
has nothing to do Venezuela’s untapped oil reserves and its ties to
currency, think again.

The main opposition leader who is up against incumbent leader Nicolas Maduro, Henri Falcon, currently has a former Wall Street economist advising him who
believes that in order to solve Venezuela’s problems, it should rid
itself of the bolivar as its official currency and replace it with the
U.S. dollar. The U.S. has been spending millions supporting
opposition activity in Venezuela and was doing so even under the Obama
administration. Whether it is done subtly or overtly in Trump-esque
fashion, the seeds of regime change in Venezuela are being sown throughout media discourse.

In mid-February,
U.S. Admiral Kurt Tidd, head of the U.S. Southern Command, visited
Colombia’s coastal city of Tumaco. This visit, combined with Trump’s statement last
year that he was considering a “military option” in Venezuela, irked
Venezuela into getting itself into a state of military preparedness.

In response, Guyana set
up two army bases around the end of February, following similar moves
from Brazil and Colombia. While the ultimate extent of this particular
stand-off is still unclear, Reuters claimed that Venezuelan
troops were already entering Guyanese territory. In the meantime,
hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan citizens are making their way toward
Brazil and Colombia in what is fast becoming a migrant crisis that will eventually surpass Syria’s.

Last year, a group known as the Lima Group was
established to “restore democracy” to Venezuela. It consists of
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Guyana, and Saint Lucia. The
group’s declarations include designating Venezuela non-compliant with
the requirements of the Human Rights Council (remember that Canada is a
country that supports Saudi
Arabia), blocking the transfer of arms to Venezuela, and keeping track
of the situation in Venezuela until “the full restoration of democracy”
has been achieved.

Another geopolitical development worth keeping an eye on is Donald Trump’s appointment of notorious war-hawk John Bolton as national security advisor. While Bolton is known for
his position on the Iraq war and his current animosity towards Iran and
North Korea, he has used this anti-Iranian stance to demonize Venezuela
even more so than is typically done in the corporate media.

In 2013,
Bolton alleged that Iranians were operating in Caracas under the
“largest Iranian diplomatic facility in the world,” laundering their
money in Venezuelan banks. Together with Cuba and Nicaragua, Bolton
already has his sights on Venezuela, countries he believes undermine
American interests in the Latin American region. U.S. Senator Marco
Rubio praised Bolton’s appointment — the same Rubio who advocated for the Venezuelan military to overthrow Maduro in a coup.The other appointment to note is that of former CIA director Mike Pompeo to the position of secretary of state. He previously admitted that the CIA would like to see Maduro overthrown.It appears Venezuela is well aware of these impending issues. Last year, Reuters also reported that Venezuela had 5,000 Russian-made MANPADS surface-to-air weapons, the largest known stockpile in Latin America.

Further, according to Russian state-ownedTASS, this week Venezuela invited Russian military pilots who fought in Syria to share their experiences with Venezuelan personnel.

“We have discussed matters of our cooperation. We want to go
beyond regular military and defense cooperation, to strengthen it and to
develop cooperation at the operative level,” Venezuelan Defense
Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez allegedly told reporters after talks
with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, on Tuesday.

Lopez said he suggested “sending Venezuelan Su-30 pilots to share
their experience in Russia and to invite Russian pilots, who received
precious combat experience in Syria, to come and share it with their
Venezuelan colleagues.”

Perhaps Venezuela is preparing for something worth us paying attention to in the not-too-distant future.

Top Photo | Admiral Remigio Ceballos, Chief of Staff of the Armed
Forces Strategic Operational Command speaks during a press conference to
provide details of military drills that are being prepared in response
to President Donald Trump’s warning of possible military action, at Fort
Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ricardo
Mazalan)